Author: Kenneth Cleary
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Writing by Coal Oil Lamps, Editors in Exile, and Exposing the German American Bund: A Few Stories from the Career of William C. Lengel
When I began working on the papers of author, editor, and literary agent, William C. Lengel (1888-1965), the assumption I had was that Lengel and his relationship to author Theodore Dreiser is what researchers would probably find most interesting. From their standpoint as authors, Dreiser’s work is still in publication and remains of interest to…
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Everyone Has a Grandmother
As an archivist, I have learned that collections will often surprise you. In the case of the Doshia Mae and William M. Blackmon photograph collection, I find it interesting how it is both unusual and entirely typical of collections of historical family photographs I have seen. Many people will likely recognize the types of scenes…
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The Marvelous Mrs. Rubinstein
I probably would have never heard of Frankie Rubinstein if not for her relationship to Alvin Rubinstein, a distinguished political science professor who taught at Penn for over forty years. When I first began looking through a collection of Rubinstein related diaries, journals, and correspondence, the expectation was that it would provide valuable insight into…
Unique at Penn 